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Letters Patent Na. 82,457, dated September 22, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY oononnn:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM M. WARD and PETER BENNAGB, of Eureka, inthe county of Voodford, and State of Illinois, have invented a. new andvaluable Improvement in Bedsteads; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed dnawings,making a. part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings isa representation of a plan view of ourbedstead.

Figure 2 is a sectional view thereof.

The object of ourinvention is to provide more simple and perfect meansthan have heretofore been devised for-connecting the head andfoot-boards of n. bedstead together, and with the side rails thereof;and also to use the screw-nut or swivel-head by which'the bedstead istightened as a rest or shoulder for one of the end slats ofthebedstead-bottom; i

A head and foot-post andone of the side rails are shown on fig. 20f thedrawings, together with the specific means by which the connection iseffected between said posts and with said side rail.

The posts are marked A on the drawings, and the side rails arerepresented by B.

Letters 0 C are iron rods, that serve both as a means of connectionbetween the head and foot-posts and as springs for the bed-bottom.

.Letters D are hooks made fast in the head and foot-posts respectively,at the points shown.

.Letters E are swivels, respectively connected in the manner representedon the drawings. At the outer ends of these swivels respectively, and inthreads cut in the outer ends thereof, we adjust the screws G, and thesescrews are, in turn, hooked on the hooks D, by eyes formed in theextreme outer ends thereof.

Letters a a are small holes bored in the inner sides of thebedstead-posts, and adapted to receive small pins in the ends of theside rails. I

Letters 15 b are small blocks nailed to the insides of the side rails,as shown.

' The slats 01 of our bedstead are connected by straps e, that extendacross the sameat right angles, and

being fastened thereto, respectively, serve to keep the same at properdistance from each other. 'When thus 1 arranged, they form one connectedseries, the ends of whiehrest on the rods 0 respectively.

To keep these slats fromcrowding together,'and holdthem firmly in theirplaces, we form the head of the swivels E in a square shape, risingsufficiently high above the rods to allow'said heads to become rests orshoulders, against which one of the end slats shall be held, therebysaving the labor and expense of blocks corresponding to blocks 6 b, atthe opposite'end of the bedstead. I

To operate our .dev'ice, we adjust the pins .in the ends of the siderails, in thepin-lioles a a. We next hook one end of the rods to a hook,D, taking'c are always to have the end so hooked on that end of thebedstead-- frame upon which the blocks 6 b are nailed. We then hook theends of the screws G to the other hooks on the bed-posts, and turnaround the swivelsE until the bedstead is tightened sufiiciently. Whenthis is accomplished.- we lay the slatted bottom upon the rods, andadjustone of the end slats between the swivels E and the bedpost,contiguous thereto. The other end slat of the bottom rests between theopposite posts and the blocks 6 1;.

What we claim as our invention,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A bedstead, having rods 0, books D, swivels E, screws G, pin-holes a,slats d, strips e, and blocksb, all arranged and operating substantiallyas described.

In testimony thatwe claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence oftwo witnesses.

I WILLIAM M. WARD,

PETER BENNAGE Witnesses:

FRANK RURPLE, B. D. Manx.

